The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-12
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| impregnated with medicinal qualities. An
| effort will be made to utilize this spring.
| At meeting of the citizens of Canton,
/ Saturday, held for the purpose of making
arrangements for providing entertainment
| for the delegates and members of the State
| Agricultural Society, which will assemble
| there, on Aug. 8, it was resolved that every
courtesy and accommodation possible be
extended TO the society and it's members
Unless more than the usual number attend
the meeting, they will be entertained in such
manner as will satisfy them of Cantons
hospitality Homes have been provided for
300. but possibly the town can care for a
few others. Just at this time the hotels and
boarding houses are filed with summer
boarders, who are there in quest of health,
rest and recreation, and hence it is that
homes for only 300 can be definitely ar
ranged for II will be expected that the
members pay 81 80 per day while there.
Comptroller General Wright received Sat
urday the return of the Bell Telephone
Company for the second quarter of 1887.
The boxes returned were 1873 in number,
an increase of "a over the number of the
preceding quarter. The State tax on tee-
phone boxes is 81 per box per year, payable
quarterly. The amount Of tax for the
second quarter is $493 %. The company is
paying the tax protested against the levy,
GUS and nearly double the tax heretofore
paid by the company under the previous
law which provided for tax of per cent.
upon gross receipts. Again, it is a discrimi-
nation against the company as compared
with the tax of a per cent. on gross receipts
levied upon telegraph and electric light
companies, as this tax amounts to more
than ~ per cent upon gross receipts of the
telephone company. And thirdly, for other
good and substantial reasons"
Brunswick Advertiser: As new enter
prises spring up, we see need for others still
The organization of new bank with $780,
900 Of capital suggests the need for a large
bonded warehouse, where goods purchased
in large lots, ION time,n or sent here ION
consignment" can be stored and money
drawn on them from bank. For instance,
If Mr.. A. sees an opportunity to buy 100
bales of cotton and has but money enough
to buy twenty-five bales and
no bank account to speak of,
he can by slowing same in this bonded
warehouse, deposit receipt for same in bank
and draw for three-fourths of the value Of
same. This enables men of ordinary means
to do a large business on other peoples
money, and that without any danger to the
lender-the bank The opening would be
good one for some man of even ordinary
means. There are really no public ware
IlDuStS utIt, tlIlltl D'lNlctl lSt, anu
not enough private ones to do the business
of the town. Who will come in and take
the field!
Mayor Price, of Macon, with City Attor-
ney Patterson, A. E. Boardman, superin-
tendent of the Macon Gas Light and Water
Company, and Joe Hall, of Gustin g. Hall,
attorneys for the company, met at the City
Hall Saturday. and the five-year contract
to supply the city with water was duly
signed by the Mayor. There was some sur
prise on the part of the citizens when it be
came known that the contract was signed,
as the bill enjoining the city from making
the contract has been filed and
had also been published When
asked about it Saturday City Attor-
ney Patterson said: "The contract was to
have been signed to-day anyhow. drew
the contract, which embraced all the amend
ments wanted by Council, and submitted it
to the counsel for the water company. He
took it home with him last night and looked
over it, and yesterday when the directors of
the company met it was pronounced all
right. 1t was then signed by Mayor Price
That's all right. There was no restrain
ing order. | saw Judge Simmons before it
was signed, and as he did not give any order
restraining the city from making the con-
tract we had perfect right to sign it,"